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HR 2115 117th Congress House

SAFER Pipelines Act of 2021

Official title: To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to apply certain procedures before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a propose… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To require the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to apply certain procedures before granting a certificate of public convenience and necessity for a proposed pipeline project, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 19, 2021 Introduced by: Watson Coleman, Bonnie Democratic · New Jersey See on congress.gov
Energy Administrative remediesAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesClimate change and greenhouse gases
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Electric power generation and transmissionEnergy efficiency and conservationEnergy storage, supplies, demandEnvironmental assessment, monitoring, researchFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)Licensing and registrationsOil and gasPipelines
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Mar 22, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Mar 19, 2021
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Mar 19, 2021
Introduced in House
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 Latest action March 22, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Safe and Accountable Federal Energy Review for Pipelines Act of 2021 or the SAFER Pipelines Act of 2021

This bill revises the process used by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to review a pipeline expansion project.

Before granting a certificate for a proposed pipeline expansion project, FERC must conduct (1) a full evidentiary hearing on any contested issue of need for the expansion; or (2) a cumulative review of major energy infrastructure projects planned throughout the region of the expansion, their purported purpose and need, and their prospective impacts on state and regional energy goals. In addition, the bill outlines criteria FERC must consider before granting such a certificate.

In addition to existing environmental review requirements, FERC must meet new environmental review requirements for interstate natural gas pipeline projects, including the requirement to consider the cumulative impacts of other natural gas pipeline projects as specified by this bill.

Finally, FERC must monitor approved pipeline projects for five years to ensure that environmental mitigation steps have been implemented.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
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Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Mar 19, 2021
Malinowski, Tom
· Mar 19, 2021
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 19, 2021
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2115: SAFER Pipelines Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2115/
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"H.R. 2115: SAFER Pipelines Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2115/.
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H.R. 2115, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2115/.
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[H.R. 2115: SAFER Pipelines Act of 2021](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-2115/)
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